Latest Real Estate News – Page 649
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Vinci fund acquires UK school PFI project for £5m
UK – French company's fund acquires 50% share of PFT project not previously owned.
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Wisconsin makes $225m in new real estate commitments
NORTH AMERICA – State's investment board commits to Trumbull, Heitman funds.
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IPD launches Spezialfonds index
EUROPE – IPD and BVI partner to launch index appropriate for multi-asset portfolios.
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Debt funds hit back at shadow banking claims
EUROPE – Signa board member Michael Morgenroth dismisses comparisons with money market funds.
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AP2 buys 40% stake in US property company
SWEDEN – Buffer fund AP2 investing $325m in company owned by Korea's National Pension Service.
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Joint ventures reduce costs but require internal resources – PGGM
GLOBAL – Dutch pension asset manager uses JVs to cut costs, but warns investors on risks.
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Europe to experience 'lost decade', warns Oxford Economics
EUROPE – Deleveraging to take 'many years', investors told at Invesco Real Estate conference.
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Dutch pension fund to liquidate, merge with €34.5bn BpfBOUW
NETHERLANDS – Scheme for concrete-processing industry 'too small to operate independently'.
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Mandate roundup: Tyne & Wear, Aberdeen, Environment Agency
UK – Tyne & Wear pension fund sticks with Aberdeen for property investments.
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FTSE, NAREIT to launch US green REIT indices
EUROPE – Launch reflects demand from large asset owners worried about 'exposure to changing sector'.
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German Pensionskasse BVV shakes up real estate portfolio
GERMANY – Pension fund setting up global mandates due to dearth of European opportunities.
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German institutional investors targeting real estate – survey
GERMANY – MPC Real Estate survey shows growing interest in asset class among institutionals.
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US roundup: Ohio Police & Fire, Montana Board of Investments
NORTH AMERICA – Ohio Police & Fire to invest $40m in TriGate Property Partners II.
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Pension funds lose first round of legal battle with Henderson
UK – High Court judge deals blow to pension funds suing asset manager over Secondary Fund.
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DTZ suggests debt-funding gap more than halved
EUROPE – Predicts debt funds, insurers and corporate bond issuance to provide refinancing solution.
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Almanac Realty Investors raises $819m for new commingled fund
NORTH AMERICA – Investors include San Francisco City and County, New Mexico State Investment.
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CPPIB enters joint ventures to expand Brazilian logistics portfolio by $343m
GLOBAL – Pension fund now owns interests in 56 retail, office and logistics properties in country.
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PensionDanmark, Lægernes and Nordea launch real estate JV
DENMARK – Danish pension funds to build Nordea's new headquarters in Copenhagen.
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Pensions funds should consider utility company inflation swaps – Redington
EUROPE – Consultancy cites utility companies' predictable cash-flow profile.
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Institutionals failing to use risk models to gauge correlation
GERMANY – Union Investment survey also points to low take-up of models for alternatives.